CURLEY COLDIRON and his Circle C Boys

Allein wegen "Rockin Spot" gebührt Curley Coldiron ein Forum, obwohl ich über das "lockige Kalteisen" kaum etwas weiß. Für unsere "Spätlinge" ein vielleicht interessantes Detail: "Rockin Spot" wurde frühestens 1969, also mindestens zehn Jahre später, von CIRCLE C mit der alten Bestell- aber mit neuer Matrix-Nummer, jedoch unter Verwendung der Original-Aufnahmen, wiederveröffentlicht.

Die leider sehr lückenhafte und verwirrende 45 RPM-Single-Disco von Curley Coldiron:
SULLIVAN
05 52....512....CURLEY COLDIRON and the Circle C Boys..Magic Moon/Sun Valley Polka
05 52....513....CURLEY COLDIRON and the Circle C Boys..Mother Write Your Boy A Letter/Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians
?? 52....45-512 A....CURLEY COLDIRON and the Circle C Boys..Come On Get Up/ B....Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians (U 5992)
?? 52....45-513-A/514....CURLEY COLDIRON and the Circle C Boys....Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians/Come On Get Up (U 9115)
?? 53....45-520....CURLEY COLDIRON and the Circle C Boys..Cherokee Baby (U 2904)/........???.............
?? 53....521....CURLEY COLDIRON..Wise Old Moon/Wonderful Pal
VARIETY
?? 57....45-V-1002....CURLEY COLDIRON..Wonderful Pal/Where Are You Now
MELODY HILL
?? 58....MH15....CURLEY COLDIRON and THE CIRCLE C BOYS Vocal Chorus by Cliff Steele..Milk Bucket Boogie (800)/Bundle Of Southern Sunshine (801)
CIRCLE C
05 59....711....Vocal by Bob Boyd CURLEY COLDIRON AND THE CIRCLE C BOYS..Rockin Spot (S—281)/CURLEY COLDIRON AND THE CIRCLE C BOYS..I Want You To Know (S—282)

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Hier mal die Sullivan EP 45-1000 von CURLEY:
Come On Get Up/Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians//
My Careless Heart/Who Broke Grandpappy´s Shaving Mug

..und ein bisschen zu SULLIVAN RECORDS.

Von CURLEY muss es noch folgende Sullivan-Titel geben:
"My Careless Heart"
"Who Broke Grandpappy´s Shaving Mug"

Sullivan
Sullivan Records, Sarona, Wisconsin
prev.: 2447 S. Christiana Ave., Chicago IL
prev.: 54 W. Randolph St., Chicago IL
prev.: 2024 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL 60622

-- Singles --

512/513: Curley Coldiron & The Circle C Boys -- Come On And Get Up / Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians (Jan. '67; prob. not a song-poem record)
516/517: Eddie "Rusty" Sosby -- The Cow Song (Oh Why Did I Ever Milk Cows) (prob. not a song-poem record)
520/521: Curley Coldiron -- Cherokee Baby (1958; prob. not a song-poem record)
526: Tennessee Roughnecks, voc. Sammy Marshall -- If I Have To Cry (I'll Cry Alone) (Halama) / If I Can't Prove My Love Is True (Halama-Hand)
530: Frank Perry with Film City Orchestra -- I'll Never See The Sunshine / I'll See You Again Little Darlin' (both wr. Wickens)
540: Rod Rodgers & Nita Fields with Film City Orchestra -- Homesick For The Rockies / Frank Perry with Film City Orchestra -- Sunshine And Smiles For You (both wr. Wickens)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'm Afraid (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- If I Ever Get You In My Arms (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Message Of Deepest Devotion (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Nutty Nutty Ball / Put On That Coffee Pot (1972; compare to 1978 Windy-City listing)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Sun Valley Polka (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- They Can't Take Minnesota Out Of Me (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When I Tell You (1972)


Affiliated label:
Film City

Es gibt wohl:
Sullivan 514 My Careless Heart/Come On Get Up

Nach dem Jahr 1959 zog sich CURLEY aus der Band zurück
und die Circle C Boys hiessen bis 1989 THE SUNDOWNERS.

The Sundowners were a country-western trio from Chicago, 1959-1989.
They included guitarist Don Walls, guitarist Bob Boyd and bassist Curt Delaney.

Hier zur ReIssue-CD:
In the old days before country music was regarded as a viable commercial medium by the mainstream music industry (a discovery that has caused country & western nothing but trouble since), practically every city of any size had at least one honky tonk with a house band capable of playing anything a customer was likely to request. In Chicago, the Sundowners were a three-piece country band that held court from 1959 to 1989 in a handful of Windy City beer joints; they spent most of their career at a club called the R.R. Ranch, where they would play all night four nights a week and run through 7,000 songs in a year. While on the surface the Sundowners might sound like an ordinary bar band, Chicago Country Legends is a collection of live recordings culled from 11 years of gigs, which proves they were anything but. Don Walls' jazzy, Merle Travis-inspired lead guitar lines would have been the envy of any number of Nashville pickers, second guitarist Bob Boyd and bassist Curt Delaney were a strong enough rhythm section that one rarely noticed the lack of a drummer, and their harmonies were as crisp and refreshing as an ice-cold beer. The Sundowners also knew how to mix up their repertoire, running from traditional classics like "Tom Dooley" and "Miller's Cave" to (then) contemporary pop hits from the Beatles and Bobby Darin, all played with their own unique mix of down-home feeling and big-city flair. Some musicians achieve overnight success that makes them famous worldwide, but only for a matter of a few years (or months), while others quietly make wonderful music that's heard only by a small number of people at a time, but they keep on doing it for decades. The Sundowners fell squarely into the latter category, and while Chicago Country Legends is a loving tribute to what made them memorable, it also by extension pays homage to the literally thousands of unknown musicians who without the glare of the limelight play fine, soul-satisfying music every night of the week. God bless the honky tonks, and bless the memory of the Sundowners, whose fine sounds will be remembered long after Toby Keith is merely a troubling memory. ~ Mark Deming

Recorded between 1960 and 1971.

Live Recording

Editor: John Rice.

The Sundowners: Bob Boyd, Don Walls (guitar); Curt Delaney (bass).

Additional personnel: Johnny Davis.

Category Rock/Pop Albums, Country CDs, Live Performances, Honkytonk
Label Bloodshot
Orig Year 2003
Discs 1
Release Date Nov 18, 2003
Studio/Live Live
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer John T. Rice; John Rice
Personnel Bob Boyd
Curt Delaney - bass
Don Walls - guitar

Also: Johnny Davis


TITELAUFLISTUNG:
1. Cimarron
2. It's My Way
3. Around the World
4. Tears
5. What Where When
6. Sidewalks of Chicago
7. Little Green Valley
8. Shenandoah Waltz
9. Clementine
10. Something
11. I Remember You
12. Big Wide World
13. Here We Go Again
14. Things
15. Tom Dooley
16. Miller's Cave
17. Last Letter
18. Little Pedro
19. Empty Arms
20. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
21. Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart
22. Just as Much as Ever
23. Country Capers
24. Cigarette State

Nochmals zurück zur Riverside Ranch, später R-R Ranch: sie
gehörte dem jüdisch-stämmigen Weltergewichtsboxer BARNEY ROSS
(23. Dezember 1909 bis 17. Januar 1967), der 1930 bis 1938
im Ring gestanden hatte und nach dem Weltkrieg erst ein Restaurant,
dann den Club auf der 5 North Clark Street eröffnete. In manchen
Quellen gibt es auch eine mit SULLIVAN RECORDS gleichlautende Anschrift
auf der 54 West Randolph Street. Der Betreiber der Plattenfirma, die es offensichtlich
seit dem September 1947 gab, war C. M. Wickens, der auf einigen der obigen
Logos aufscheint. Rock´n´Roll-Produzenten und Sänger wie Lenny LaCour traten
ebenfalls im Riverside Club auf.

Ich hoffe, ich drifte nicht zu sehr vom Thema weg, aber einen Scan des
Boxers und Clubbesitzers Barney Ross füge ich noch zur Abrundung der
Geschichte hinzu.

Hallo Dieter!
Danke für die ausführlichen Informationen einschließlich Bildmaterial und den Hinweis, dass die Wiederveröffentlichung unter Sundowners lief. Obwohl es bei Terry Gordon deutlich zu sehen ist (siehe link), hatte ich es nicht wahrgenommen, vermutlich weil es für mich viel zu spät ist ("Experten-Ausrede")
http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artist.php?key=cold1000

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